WASHINGTON – The former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency described President Obama’s strategy to fight ISIS as “confusion.”

Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who retired last year as the agency’s head, compared the lack of clear direction to a football team not knowing where to go when they break from a huddle.

“I feel like when we say ‘ready, break,’ every player on the team is going off into other stadiums, playing different sports,” Flynn said on Fox News Sunday.

The criticism of the Obama administration’s ISIS strategy comes as the terrorists burned alive a caged Jordanian pilot and reported that US hostage, Kayla Mueller, had been killed. ISIS has marveled US leaders with its ability to recruit new members abroad, spark terror with brutal murders broadcast on social media and swiftly capture parts of Syria and Iraq.

“ISIL is a threat at an entirely different level than al Qaeda was,” retired Gen. John Allen said on ABC’s “This Week.”

Allen’s is currently leads Obama’s special envoy to build an international coalition to fight ISIS. ISIS’ latest brutal murder of the Jordanian pilot — trapped inside a cage while set ablaze – backfired, Allen said.

Last week, Jordan pummeled airstrikes on ISIS, executed two prisoners on death row and pledged to “wipe them out completely.”

Secretary of State John Kerry said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” the efforts to destroy ISIS are moving in the right direction because military gains have took out leadership, command centers and reclaimed territory.

Asked if the coalition is winning, Kerry said: “I believe we are on the road to, yes. I absolutely do.”

“… There’s a lot more to do. We have said since the beginning this is a long term operation not a short term one.”

But Kurdish fights have called for the US to do more to assist their ground efforts. And several more hawkish GOP leaders believe the US is not taking the threat seriously.

“Not enough, and they never had,” Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman of the homeland security committee, said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”

“I believe the airstrikes have been limited, have limited success. It’s a policy of containment, not a policy to degrade and destroy the enemy,” McCaul added.